Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Washington State University

Every public relations, advertising, and applied communication school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at Washington State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Wazzu is located in Pullman, Washington and approximately 31,159 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,518 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University in 2021, 107 of them were public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication section at the bottom of this page.

Wazzu Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Wazzu Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations, advertising, and applied communication programs across the country. The following shows how Wazzu performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at Wazzu is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	8
	12
	16
	47
	54

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at Wazzu

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors at Washington State University.

Wazzu Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Wazzu since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at Wazzu are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	65
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Wazzu also has a doctoral program available in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health Communication
• Technical & Scientific Communication
• Advertising
• Public Relations

Careers That Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Washington State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	2,170	$128,420
Communications Professors	600	$60,370
Advertising and Promotions Managers	450	$148,530

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By {} under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.